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No joke: Chicken crossing road blocks traffic

The Associated Press

Updated:
08/13/2014 08:55:39 AM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, police were told there was a chicken — and it was attempting to cross the road.

In fact, the citizen who called the police non-emergency line on Monday evening reported that the chicken's efforts to cross a road in a north Portland neighborhood were bringing traffic nearly to a standstill.

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